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On 7 March 2012 11:39, Benny Gächter <benny.gaechter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Am Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:03:45 +0700 |
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> schrieb Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>: |
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> |
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>> eix netcat returned net-analyzer/gnu-netcat and net-analyzer/netcat |
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>> What's the difference? Which one should I emerge? |
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>> Rgds, |
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> net-analyzer/netcat is http://nc110.sourceforge.net/ |
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> and net-analyzer/gnu-netcat is http://netcat.sourceforge.net/ |
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> |
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> Afaik... |
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The original netcat (net-analyzer/netcat) started suffering from bit |
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rot and Vapier launched the community edition |
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(http://nc110.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/nc110/) in an effort to clean |
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the code so that it compiles with modern code and machines. However |
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that was 5 years ago. I don't know if progress has been slow, or no |
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devs showed up. |
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Then gnu-netcat kicked in to do the same thing not much later and also |
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cater for other platforms. |
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Finally, netcat6 http://netcat6.sourceforge.net/ showed up with |
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improvements claiming better ipv6 support and re-write of the netcat |
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code dropping some features and adding others. |
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For my rather basic needs and perhaps due to adoption inertia I am |
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still using the original netcat package, so can't advise about the |
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others. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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